I think by now it is pretty clear that you are not going to get an answer. I think people who support Obama are stupid, so they can only follow a very narrow set of issues that are important to them. ObamaPhone lady probably doesn’t know there is a country called Egypt. Sandra Fluke is only interested in forcing the Catholic Church to pay for her to have sex without consequences. Gay people who were stupid enough to fall for his “evolving” conveniently when his campaign was running out of money, only care about that. Black people only care that he is part black. Unions only care that they can screw everyone out of enough money to keep them in the standard they have become accustomed to. I doubt you can find an Obama supporter who gives a crap what happens anywhere if it doesn’t directly affect them.

Night Owl on December 9, 2012 at 7:18 PM

“Everybody is stooopidt. I’m the only smart guy left.”

lester on December 9, 2012 at 8:24 PM

If you voted for Obama, you are stupid.

Night Owl on December 9, 2012 at 8:34 PM

I’ve got to say that lester aptly demonstrated the lack of intelligence of an Obama Voter quite readily with that response.

Where are all the trolls ( or lester) acknowledging Obama’s ownership of this debacle?

Galt2009 on December 9, 2012 at 6:53 PM

Didn’t we have this discussion yesterday? And the day before and before that? Just re-vist yesterday’s thread for answers, if you are actually seeking answers.

I think by now it is pretty clear that you are not going to get an answer. I think people who support Obama are stupid, so they can only follow a very narrow set of issues that are important to them. ObamaPhone lady probably doesn’t know there is a country called Egypt. Sandra Fluke is only interested in forcing the Catholic Church to pay for her to have sex without consequences. Gay people who were stupid enough to fall for his “evolving” conveniently when his campaign was running out of money, only care about that. Black people only care that he is part black. Unions only care that they can screw everyone out of enough money to keep them in the standard they have become accustomed to. I doubt you can find an Obama supporter who gives a crap what happens anywhere if it doesn’t directly affect them.

This theme—that the “enemies of Islam,” first the secular dictators, followed by the USSR and then the U.S., were “paper tigers” whose bark was worse than their bite—would come to permeate the writings of al-Qaeda and other jihadis. For instance, in March 2012, in response to President Obama’s plans to cut Pentagon spending, Zawahiri said, “The biggest factor that forced America to reduce its defence budget is Allah’s help to the mujahideen [or jihadis] to harm the evil empire of our time [the U.S.],” adding that American overtures to the Afghan Taliban for possible reconciliation was further evidence of U.S. defeat.

As a Salafist organization, al-Qaeda is very popular with Salafis. Its current leader, the Egyptian Zawahiri, is especially popular—a “hero” in every sense of the word—with Egyptian Salafis. Considering that the Salafis won some 25 percent of votes in recent elections, one may infer that at least a quarter or of Egypt’s population looks favorably on Zawahiri. In fact, some important Salafis are on record saying they would like to see Zawahiri return to his native Egypt. Aboud al-Zomor, for instance, the Egyptian Islamic Jihad leader who was implicated for the assassination of Sadat, but who has now been released and is even a leading member of the new Egyptian parliament, has called for the return of Zawahiri to Egypt, “with his head held high and in safety.”

Zawahiri’s brother, Muhammad, is also an influential Islamist in Egypt, affiliated with the Salafis and Al Gamaa Al Islamiyya. He led a mass Islamist demonstration last spring with typical jihadi slogans. He also was among those threatening the U.S. embassy in Cairo to release the Blind Sheikh—the true reason behind the September attack, not a movie—or else be “burned down to the ground.” When asked in a recent interview with CNN if he is in touch with his al-Qaeda leader brother, Muhammad only smiled and said “of course not.”

Under Zawahiri’s leadership, al-Qaeda has made inroads on Egyptian territory. For example, several recent attacks in Sinai—such as the attacks on the Egypt-Israel natural-gas pipeline—were in fact conducted by a new group pledging allegiance to al-Qaeda. Zawahiri publicly congratulated them for destroying the pipelines, and the organization itself has pledged its loyalty to Zawahiri. More recently, al-Qaeda in the Sinai has been blamed for attacking and evicting Christian minorities living there.

This highlights the fact that groups like the Brotherhood and the Salafis have the same goals—establishment of a government that upholds Sharia law—though they differ as to how to achieve this. Salafis like al-Qaeda tend to agree that jihad is the solution. Yet, given the Brotherhood’s success using peaceful means—co-opting the language of democracy and running in elections—many Salafis are now “playing politics” even though many of them are also on record saying that, once in power, they will enforce Islamic law and abolish democracy, which is precisely what President Morsi and his cohorts have begun to do, in the face of widespread condemnation and protests in the Egyptian street.

It is not clear where Zawahiri stands regarding Egypt. Because of his deep roots there, Egypt undoubtedly holds a special place for him. But as the leader of a global jihadi network, he cannot afford to appear biased to Egypt—hence why he addresses the politics of other nations, Pakistan for example, and themes like the Arab-Israeli conflict, with equal or more attention.

Where are all the trolls ( or lester) acknowledging Obama’s ownership of this debacle?

Galt2009 on December 9, 2012 at 6:53 PM

I think by now it is pretty clear that you are not going to get an answer. I think people who support Obama are stupid, so they can only follow a very narrow set of issues that are important to them. ObamaPhone lady probably doesn’t know there is a country called Egypt. Sandra Fluke is only interested in forcing the Catholic Church to pay for her to have sex without consequences. Gay people who were stupid enough to fall for his “evolving” conveniently when his campaign was running out of money, only care about that. Black people only care that he is part black. Unions only care that they can screw everyone out of enough money to keep them in the standard they have become accustomed to. I doubt you can find an Obama supporter who gives a crap what happens anywhere if it doesn’t directly affect them.

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